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CRUIKSHANK, George (1792-1878). A collection of 393 proof plates after the artist comprising 206 plates on 172 sheets in two 4° albums, and 187 plates on 114 sheets in one oblong 2° album. Contents as follows
CRUIKSHANK, George (1792-1878). A collection of 393 proof plates after the artist comprising 206 plates on 172 sheets in two 4° albums, and 187 plates on 114 sheets in one oblong 2° album. Contents as follows: In the 4° albums: 1. Sketches by Boz . Illustrated title-page and 27 plates, India proofs before letters. London: Chapman & Hall, 1850. Cohn 235. 2. Jack Sheppard . 27 plates, India proofs before letters. [London: R. Bentley, 1839.] Cohn 12. 3. The Miser's Daughter . 20 plates, India proofs. London: Cunningham and Mortimer, 1842. Cohn 17. 4. Punch and Judy . Illustrated title-page and 23 plates, India proofs before letters. London: S. Prowett, [1828]. Cohn 150. 5. Sir Frizzle Pumpkin . 8 plates, India proofs. [Edinburgh and London: Wm. Blackwood and T. Cadell, 1836]. Cohn 840. 6. The Loving Ballad of Lord Bateman . 12 plates on 3 sheets, India proofs. [London: Charles Tilt; and Constantinople: Mustapha Syried,] 1839. Cohn 243. 7. Roscoe's Novelist's Library . 36 undivided plates and one single plate on 19 sheets, India proofs. London: J. Cochrane, 1831. Cohn 701-711. 8. Rookwood . 12 undivided plates on 6 sheets, India proofs. [London:] J. Macrone, 1836. Cohn 11. 9. Windsor Castle, An Historical Romance . One plate, India proof. London: Cunningham and Mortimer, 1842. Cohn 18. 10. Windsor Castle, An Historical Romance (new edition). 13 plates, India proofs. London: Cunningham and Mortimer, 1842. Cohn 19. 11. 3 unidentified plates, India proofs. 12. Auldjo's Constantinople . 7 plates, India proofs. [London: Longman, Rees, [etc.], 1835.] Cohn 41. 13. 2 unidentified plates, India proofs. 14. Peter Schlemihl . 8 plates, India proofs. [London: G. & W.B. Whittaker, 1823]. Cohn 475. 15. The Wife; or Women As They Are . 4 plates, India proofs. [London: Longman, Rees, etc.], 1835.] Cohn 470. In the 2° album: 1. Phrenological Illustrations . 6 plates, India proofs. [London: G. Cruikshank], 1826. Cohn 178. 2. Illustrations of Time . Illustrated title and 6 plates, India proofs. [London: G. Cruikshank], 1 May 1827. Cohn 179. 3. Scraps and Sketches . 25 plates, India proofs, one coloured. [London: G. Cruikshank, 1828-34]. Cohn 180. 4. My Sketch Book . Illustrated title and 36 plates, India proofs. London: G. Cruikshank, [1833-36]. Cohn 181. 5. Comic Almanac . 84 undivided plates on 21 sheets, India proofs. London: C. Tilt, 1835-41. Cohn 184. 6. Twelve Sketches Illustrative of Sir Walter Scott's Demonology and Witchcraft . 12 undivided plates on 2 sheets, India proofs. [London: J. Robins, 1830.] Cohn 188. 7. The Bottle . 8 plates, tinted lithographs. [London: D. Bogue; New York: Wiley & Putnam; and New South Wales: J. Sands, 1847]. Cohn 194. 8. The Drunkard's Children . 8 plates, tinted lithographs. [London: D. Bogue; New York: Wiley & Putnam; and New South Wales: J. Sands, 1848]. Cohn 195. 3 volumes, 4° and oblong 2° (285 x 218mm and 330 x 411mm). (Occasional light spotting in the quarto vols. not affecting plates, heavier spotting in the folio vol.) Uniform red morocco and red half morocco by Riviere (extremities lightly rubbed, upper joints of folio vol. slightly split). Provenance : George Cruikshank (one-page ALS, 4°, dated 4 May 1839, to an unknown correspondent [possibly William Smith] supplying a list of prints and commenting 'The above are all I can send at present', laid down in folio vol. together with an earlier lot description) -- Sir David Lionel Goldsmid-Stern-Salomons (bookplate) -- John Francis Neylan (bookplate). A MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION OF PROOF PLATES including many of Cruikshank's most popular works fully illustrating the range and skill of his artistic output.